# Copyright (c) 2013 Rackspace, Inc. # # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. # You may obtain a copy of the License at # # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 # # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or # implied. # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and # limitations under the License. import simplejson as json class MalformedJSON(ValueError): """JSON string is not valid.""" pass def read_json(stream): """Like json.load, but converts ValueError to MalformedJSON upon failure. :param stream: a file-like object """ try: return json.load(stream) except ValueError as ex: raise MalformedJSON(ex.message) def to_json(obj): """Like json.dumps, but outputs a UTF-8 encoded string. :param obj: a JSON-serializable object """ return json.dumps(obj, ensure_ascii=False) def purge(src): """Returns a copy of a dict, excluding any keys set to `None`. :param src: a dictionary-like object to copy """ return dict([(k, v) for k, v in src.items() if v is not None])